MODULE 1
Repetition: the physical basis of nuclear magnetic resonance
Francesco Santini, Basle/CH

• Medical MRI/MRS vs. high resolution NMR
• The NMR effect: classical and quantum mechanics description
• Gyromagnetic ratio, Larmor equation, resonance
• Different nuclei, sensitivity
• Magnetic field
• RF field: pulses, rotating frame
• Free induction decay, Fourier transform
• Magnetic field variations: chemical shift vs. gradients
• Spin echoes
• Relaxation, T1, T2 and contrast